Improvement in spittoons



T. W. BARNHIL-L.

. Spittoon.

No. 205,033. Patented June 18, I878.

TNESSES INVENTOR fig n ATTORN EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS W. BARNHILL, OF PROVIDENCE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT lN SPITTOONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,033, dated J nne18, 1878 application filed May 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. BARNHILL, of Providence, in the county ofWebster and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Spittoons; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of myimproved spittoon, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same.

This invention has for its object to improve that class of spittoonsespecially adapted for use in railroad-cars, offices, and other placeswhere the same may be sunk into the floor and conveniently emptiedbelow.

The nature of the invention consists in a spittoon consisting of afunnel and a bowl, one part of the latter being secured to or forming acomponent part of the funnel, and the other hinged to the same andmaintained in contact with the said fixed part by a key passing downthrough a slot in the funnel-rim, whereby the bowl will automaticallyopen when the said key is removed, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates my improvedspittoon, consisting of a funnel, a, and a bowl. b. This bowl isdesigned to be passed through a hole of corresponding size in the floor,the rim 0 of the funnel resting thereon and permanently secured theretoby means of suitable screws. This bowl is connected to the funnel bymeans of a neck, d, and is composed of two sections, 0 e, the first ofwhich is secured fixedly to the neck or is cast therewith and with thefunnel.

The section 6 is hinged to the neck at f in such a manner that itscenter of gravity will be inside of said hinge, and that in its naturalposition it hangs with its edge free of the adjacent edge of the section0.

Upon the bottom of the rim, above and in line with the hinge f, is anoffset, g, through which and the said rim is made a slot, t', inclininginward toward the bowl. Through this slot is passed a key, h, the lowerend of which bears forcibly against the side of the bowl-section e andjams it forcibly against the section 0, so as to form a tight jointtherewith. When this key is drawn out the section 0 swings away from thesection e and allows the contents of the bowl to drop out andfacilitates the washing out of the same.

The contiguous edges of sections may be flanged upon their edges, sothat they will half into each other, and they may be forced apart, whenthe key is withdrawnfrom the slot i, by a suitable spring arrangedbet-ween the neck and the upper edgeof the hinged section, or in anyother suitable position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A spittoon composed of a funnel, a fixed bowl-section and a swingingbowl section hingedto the funnel, and having its center of gravityinside of the hinge, whereby the said hinged section swings away fromthe fixed section automatically, as set forth.

2. The combination, in a spittoon, of the funnel 0, having slot 2', thefixed bowl-section e, the swinging bowl-section e, having its center ofgravity inside of its hinge, and a key extending through said slot,bearing against the section 0 and holding it closed in upon the sectione, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS W. BARNHILL.

Witnesses: HENRY GIVENS,

J. H. BEARD.

